Emma inherited $1000 when her son Leonard was about one year old. She lived at rural Bird Island, Minn.

Leonard was raised in Renville County, Minn., and moved to Birch Coulee Township. His 1918 draft registration card indicates he was a self-employed farmer at RFD 1, Olivia, Minn. He was also a farmer in Norfolk Township, Renville County, Minn. He bought his first car in 1915. Leonard and his son Thomas went to Flint, Mich., to work in a car factory, then a dairy. In the 1930's he worked for the Works Progess Administration in Minneapolis. When his second wife Emma inherited $1000 in about 1935, they bought another farm north of Bird Island. In the same decade, Leonard had a stroke that resulted in a stuttering speech impediment. In 1952, Leonard had a second stroke that rendered him speechless, although he continued to work. He died in Olivia, Minn., in 1956.